What do you think about the Chicago City Council's potential new parking meter deal? Here's what you told us
We asked: What do you think of the Chicago City Council's potential new parking meter deal. Here's what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:“It's great that the old parking deal is evolving, but it's difficult to square ‘lucrative benefits for the city and motorists’ with important city goals to improve living conditions and reduce costs by moving away from private car travel."— Melanie Eckner“I think it stops some of the bleeding from when they take the spots out of service. Hire a…
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